<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">paddle dolls</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31427743</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:55:23</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">dolls, paddle</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">paddle doll</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Dolls found in ancient Egyptian graves, typically carved out of flat pieces of wood, roughly in the shape of a paddle, and decorated with paint and hairmade of strips of clay or wooden beads. Their function may have been as toys but also as protective figures for the deceased in the afterlife. ]]></dc:description></metadata>